Leucothoe akaoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Leucothoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Peracarida Ordo: Amphipoda Subordo: Amphilochidea Infraordo: Amphilochida Parvordo: Amphilochidira Superfamilia: Leucothoidea

Familia: Leucothoidae
Genus: Leucothoe
Species: Leucothoe akaoni

Name

Leucothoe akaoni White & Reimer, 2012

Holotype: RUMF-ZC-1732, ♀.

Type locality: Japan, Zanpa Cape, Okinawa–jima Island, Okinawa, reef wall (26°26'27"N ,127°43'03"E), in canals of large white ball sponge, Tetillidae of Sollas 1886, 30 m, Daisuke Ueno, col., 26 February 2011.

Etymology: After the Japanese words ‘aka’, meaning ‘red’, and ‘oni’, meaning ‘barbarian’ and referring to the red color and large size (pronounced ah-ka-oh-nee).

References

White, K.N. & Reimer, J.D. 2012. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys 163: 13–55. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.163.2003 . Reference page.

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